New archaeological material and research underpins this extensive, detailed and beautifully illustrated account of the famous Mamluk Askars who are credited with finally defeating and expelling the Crusaders, halting the Mongol invasion of the Islamic Middle East, and facing down Tamerlane. Probably the ultimate professional soldiers of the medieval period they were supposedly recruited as adolescent slaves, though recent research has begun to undermine this oversimplified interpretation of what has been called the "Mamluk phenomenon".
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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 64 ● ISBN 9781782009290 ● Maison d’édition Bloomsbury Publishing ● Publié 2014 ● Téléchargeable 3 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 3364737 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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